The A475 road in

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links Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire with

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in Ceredigion; a distance of .

History

The road, that is now known as the A475, was set up in 1770 as a

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by the Cardiganshire Turnpike Trust. Many milestones can still be seen between the position of the turnpike gates at Lampeter and at

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. Both were wrecked during the Rebecca Riots. In 1923, "A475" was designated to the road from

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to Carmarthen. In 1935, this road was renumbered and the designation was given to the LampeterNewcastle Emlyn route. On 11 September 2001, a council lorry collided with a school bus near the Horeb crossroads. A number of children and three adults were treated for shock and minor injury, but no one was seriously injured. In the same year a young couple died when their car left the road near

. A review of speed limits was called for in 2013 following an accident on the road, which was referred to by a local driver as ''"a death trap"''. The A475 was classed by the

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in 2011 as a ''low-medium risk'' road. In 2014, its classification was increased to be of ''medium risk''.

Route

The A475 leaves Lampeter southwestwards from a junction with the A482 and passes through the hamlet of Pentre-Bach and the village of Llanwnnen, where it is crossed by the B4337 Llanrhystud

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road. This section of the road has a number of ascents and descents as it crosses the valleys formed by the tributaries of the River Teifi. It passes through the villages of Drefach and

Cwmsychbant Cwmsychbant is a small village in the Community (Wales), community of Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales, on the A475 road. Cwmsychbant is represented in the Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament, Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and the Member of Parlia ...

, then is crossed by the B4459

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Pencader road. The road continues to Pren-Gwyn and a junction with the B4476 road to Llandysul. At Horeb the A475 is crossed by the A486

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road. The road passes through Penrhiwllan, Aber-banc and

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, and in

reaches a roundabout junction with the B4571 and B4333 roads. After crossing the River Teifi into Newcastle Emlyn, the road ends at a junction with the

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in Water Street.

References

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